The Picard Maneuver
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Feb 22 at 3:23pmWeb
Show threadsaltescFeb 22
Scale goes without saying; but now I’m trying to imagine what it’d actually be like. I’d guess the tac would take llout most medium-sized towns. The heads of them could quickly fill a California-sized area.
Show threadceenoteFeb 22
A decent quality animation of the actual scale would be fun to watch. Like, the pin just obliterating Manhattan and people trying to take refuge in the places where the head doesn’t make contact with the ground.
Show threadAeronMelonFeb 22

Probably something like the Colony Drop from Mobile Suit Gundam.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooydN0Aqf3s

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Colony Drop Scene

YouTube
Show threadfleemFeb 23
thanks for this
Show threadMartineskiFeb 23
Oooh, I should go back to watching it at some point.
Show threadgeneral_kittenMar 18
if the map is 1 meter and the needle is 1mm wide, it would be about 40km
Show threadmorphballganonFeb 22
Scale’s a bit off. On the map, a pin is the size of France. On the beach, it’s about 2-3 meters diameter
Show threadBuddahrifficFeb 23
2-3m is still overestimating it. It’s as wide as a non-obese person, so like 0.5m or less.
Show threadmorphballganonFeb 23
The 2-3m thing is referring to the diameter of the red part
Show threadSaharaMaleikuhmFeb 22
Where exactly is the White House?
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamFeb 23
o’er yonder
Show threadOldChicoAleFeb 24
Literally came here to say this but feared it was too political. Glad someone had the balls to say it.
Show threadmrfrikiFeb 23
It cast a nice shade tough, good thing that it is in a beach.
Show threadPommes_für_dein_BalgFeb 23
At that scale, the pin is about 1000km wide.
Show threadBatmancerFeb 23
Thank you so much for this estimation. I don’t even care about the “about” part of it. I wanted a rough estimation and you provided.